Software Developer Intern Review

by IBM

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Rating

3.9/5
  • Skills
    3.8
  • Responsibilities
    3.0
  • Support & Guidance
    5.0
  • Culture
    3.5
  • Your Impressions
    4.0

    Overview

  • 1. Please give an overview of your role and what this involves on a day-to-day basis.
  • Software Engineering using Ansible, Jenkins, Python and a variety of Linux machines.


    Skills

  • 2. Have you learnt any new skills, or developed your existing skills?
  • Linux, Jenkins, Ansible


  • How would you rate the training provided during your experience?
  • 4/5

  • How would you rate your development of industry-specific skills during the experience?
  • 4/5

  • How would you rate your development of personal / soft skills during the experience?
  • 4/5

  • Please rate how these skills have helped you in your career development
  • 3/5

    Responsibilities

  • 3. Were you given much responsibility during your placement / internship?
  • I was given the responsibility to work on github issues to with instruction from the team, as well as work on the full lifecycle of additions to out infrastructure where i was able to make independent decisions.


  • Please rate how meaningful the work you were doing was
  • 3/5

    Support & Guidance

  • 4. How much support and guidance did you receive during your placement / internship?
  • LOTS! All of the team were really helpful in onboarding us and had sessions to bring out knowledge up the the required level. They were also available throughout the placement and went above and beyond to help me learn more and more.


  • How would you rate the support and guidance from your line manager?
  • 5/5

  • How would you rate the support and guidance from the wider team?
  • 5/5

    Culture

  • 5. What was the company culture and general atmosphere like?
  • Company culture was relaxing and not stressful at all. whilst the working environment was aging and could do with a refurb, the people is what makes hursley the best is can be, everyone i encountered was very friendly, welcoming, and willing to help.


  • How would you rate the inclusiveness of the culture?
  • 4/5

  • How would you rate the social opportunities?
  • 3/5

  • How would you rate the diversity initiatives?
  • 3/5

  • How would you rate the charity, sustainability and corporate social responsibility (CSR) initiatives?
  • 4/5

    Your Impressions

  • 6. To what extent did you enjoy your placement / internship?
  • I enjoyed the placement and was able to meet so many people, learn about so many different topics, backgrounds and ideas that I never knew existed.


  • Please rate your level of enjoyment on your placement / internship
  • 5/5

  • Please rate how your experience met your expectations
  • 4/5

  • Please rate the future employment prospects at IBM
  • 3/5

  • 7. Would you recommend IBM to a friend?
  • Yes


  • 8. What advice would you give to others applying to IBM
  • Personality is key!


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Details

Placement (10 Months+)

Software Engineering

South East

May 2023


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